The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-13
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
CURRENT EVEy7'S or INTEREST Al
NOME AND dBROAD.

Democratic Members OF the senate Com
mittees-John Most on the Attempt ia
Assss,inate NJ. Ferry Hooper. the I'm.
be1zling Bank President. Arrested.
WAsHrSGToN. December l2.-The fol
lowing is a full list of Democratic mem
bership Of the Senate committees as fixed
by the Democratic caucus this morning
Agriculture and Forestry-Messrs
George, Gibson, Jones, and Bate.
Appropriation Messrs Beck, Cockrell
Call, and German.
Contingent Expenses Mr.. Vance.
Census-Messrs. Berry, Blodgett,
Daniel, and Turpie
Civil Service and Retrenchment
Messrs VOORHEES,, Wslthall, Wilson, and
Berry
Claims Messrs Jones, Wilson, Pascc,
and Faulkner
Coast Defenses Messrs Mcpherson,
Hampton, and Reagan.
Commerce Messrs Ransom, Coke
Vest, German, kenna and Gibson,
District of Columbia Messrs. Harris,
Vance, Blackburn, and Faulkner
Education and Labor-Messrs. Call,
Pugh, Payne, and George.
Engrossed Bills Messrs. Salisbury
chairman, and Call.
Enrolled bills-Mr. COlquitt.
Epidemic Diseases Messrs. Harris
chairman, Hampton, Eustis, and Berry.
To Examine Several Branches Of the
Civil Service Messrs. Hampton and
GRAY.
Expenditures of Public Money Messrs.
Beck, Kenna, and Gibson.
Finance-Messrs. Voorhees,, Beck, Nc
pherson, Harris, and Vance
Fisheries Messrs Hampton and Blod-
gett
Foreign Relations Messrs Morgan,
Brown, Salisbury, and Payne.
Improvement of the Mississippi River
-Messrs. Eustis, Wallhall, and Bate.
Indian Affairs Messrs Morgan, Jones,
Hearst, and Daniel
Inter State Commerce Messrs Har-
ris. German, Eustis, and Reagan.
Judiciary Messrs. Pugh, Coke, Vest,
and George.
Library -Mr Voorhees,
Manufactures Messrs. Colquitt and
BlOdgett
Military AfIairs-Messrs Cockrell,
Hampton, Walthall and Bate
Mines and Mining-Messrs. Bate, Tur-
pie, and Faulkner
Naval Affairs Messrs Mcpherson,
Butler, Blackburn, and Gray
Patents-AIessrs. Jones OF Arkansas,
Gray, and kenna.
Pensions Messrs. Wilson of Mary
land, Turpie, Blodgeit, and Faulkner
Postofiices and POstroads -Messrs. Sal
isbury, Colquitt, Wilson, and Reagan.
Printing German.
Private Land Claims Messrs Ransom
,chaiman), Colquitt, and Pasco.
Privileges and Elections - Messrs.
salisbury, Nance, Pugh and Eustis.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Messrs.
Vest, Daniel, and Pasco.
Public Lands-Messrs Morgan, Cock
rell, Walthall, and Perry.
Railroads Messrs Brown. kenna.
George, and Blackburn.
Revision Of Laws Messrs. Wilson Of
Mary land, and Daniel
revolutionary Claims Messrs. Coke
chairman, Pugh and Hearst.
Rules AIessrs. Harris and Blackburn.
rritories-Messrs. Butler, Payne,
Gray aud Turpie
Transportation routes 10 the SeabOard T.
Messrs. Gibson, Vest, Call, and Butler
TO Investigate the Condition OF the
Potomac River Front-Messrs. McPher-
son chairman, Ransom, and Hearst.
Nicaragua Claims Messrs. Morgan
chairman, Wilson of Maryland, aud
Hearst.
Committee on Additional Accommoda-
tions for the Library Messrs. VOORHEES,
chairman. Butler and Gibson
Woman Suffrage Messrs. Cockrell
lchairman), Brown, and Pasco
Committee on Centennial Of the Con
stitution and Discovery o. America
Messrs. VOORHEES,, Eustis and Colquitt
Committee on Indian leadership
Messrs Coke and Blackburn.
Mr.. Faulkner is not yet a Senator and
bis name will not be announced TO day
when the committees are elected by the
Senate but as there Is no doubt of his
admission, places have been assigned to
him as above given, to which he will be
apnointed when he is seated